Episode 02: Emerson Lee-Scott

Welcome to episode two of FORTE Podcast!

I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing Emerson Lee-Scott, a 22 year-old music graduate from the University of Sheffield.

As a multi-instrumentalist he is in a duo with his sister - Esme Emerson - working on their debut EP (yet to be titled).

Timestamps:

(5:00) Musical collaboration with sister

(8:23) The unnecessary need to compose ‘complicated’ music

(9:42) Big musical influences

(10:33) What do you mean by ‘complexity’?

(14:28) Factors that can influence music writing

(16:39) Writing for yourself vs. for audiences

(20:07) Spontaneous musical changes in live performance

(27:02) Open-mindedness at concerts

(28:50) Cover songs compared to the original

(31:20) Choosing songs to cover

(33:31) Modern Musicians and Tik Tok

(38:31) Emerson’s story of getting a music manager

(44:25) Discipline in music writing

(46:54) Getting out of ‘compositional’ holes

(51:47) Negative musical habits

(1:00:31) Regrets about musical degree after graduation

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